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G. H. MATTHIESSEN.

ADJUSTABLE BEDSTBAD. No. 327,699. Patented Oct. 6, 1885.

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CONRAD H. MATTHIESSEN, OF ODELL, ILLINOIS.

ADJUSTABLE BEDSTEAD.

EZ EEJZEL'CATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,699, datedOctober 6, 1885.

Application filed September 24, 1884. Serial N0.1-i3,886.

To 06% whom it? may concern:

Be it known that I, CONRAD H. MATTHIns- SEN, of Odell, in the county ofLivingston and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedAdjustable- Bedstead, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The objectof my invention is to provide a new and improved bedsteadwhich can readily be adjusted higher or lower at the foot end, andwhereby any desired inclination can be given to the bedstead from thehead to the foot end.

The invention consists in the combination, with a bedstead, of asupporting-frame pro vided at the foot with toothed plates forhold ing arod that supports the foot end of the bedstead.

The invention further consists in the combination, with the bedsteadside rails, of longitudinally-apertured end posts, and of heavyscrew-bolts passed through the apertured end posts, and through eyes andapertured plates on the end pieces of the bedstead, to connect the siderails and end pieces.

The invention also consists in parts and details and combinations of thesame.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all. the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of my improved adjustable bedstead,parts being broken out and others in section. Fig. 2 isa plan view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of one of the end pieces ofthe bedstead.

The bedstead consists of two combined partsthe bedstead proper and thesupport for the same.

The bedstead proper is constructed with two side rails, A, provided withend posts, B, having apertures G extending from top to bottom.

A slot, E, is formed in the inner side of each end post, B, near thebottom, which slot serves to receive a plate, F, projecting from thecorresponding end edge of the corresponding end piece, G, at thebottom,the projecting (N0 model.)

part of the plate F being provided with ascrewthreaded aperture.

A staple or eye, H, projects from the end edge of each end piece, G,near the top, the said staples or eyes resting on the upper ends of theposts B when the plates F are in the slots.

Heavy screw-bolts I, provided at their upper ends with heads I, arepassed through the eyes H, the apertnresG in the posts l3, and arescrewed into the apertured ends ofthe plates F within the posts 13.

The plates F are secured by means of screws to the bottom edges of theend pieces, G.

On the inner surface of the bottom or foot end piece, G, a cushion orfoot-rest, T, is held by an elastic band, J, or by other devices.

The bedstead-support consists of two end frames, K and L, united by siderails, M, the frame K having a crossbar, N, on which the upper or headends of the bedstead side rails, A, can rest, blocks N being secured tothe bottom edges of the rails A to hold the said rails in place on thecross-bar N.

On the inner sides of the posts of the footframe L plates P are secured,which are notched to form upwardlyprojecting teeth for supporting across-rod, B, having end heads, S, for preventing the rod from slidingoff.

The head end of the bedstead rests on the crossbar N of the frame Kbetween the end posts of the frame, and the foot end of the bedsteadrests on the rod R between the posts of the frame L.

The foot end of the bedstead can be held higher or lower by placing therod. It on teeth of the plates 1? a greater or less distance from theupper ends of the said plates.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the frames K and L, of the rails M unitingthem, the plates P, secured to the legs of the frame L, and havingupwardly-projecting teeth, and the rod R, having heads S on the ends,substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, With a bedstead, of a posts, B, of the end pieces G,the eyes H, the supporting-frame having a rigid cross-piece aperturedprojecting plates F, and the screw- 10 for supporting the head end ofthe bedstead, bolts I, substantially as herein shown and deand averticaliyadjustable cross-r0d for snpscribed.

5 porting the foot end of the bedstead. snbstan- CONRAD H. MATTHIESSEN.

tiaily as herein shown and described. Witnesses:

3. The combination, with the bedstead side OHAs. CURTIS, rails, A,having iongitudinally-apertured end W. S. METZ.

